Part X Video Quiz 4 Yosemite Granite and Glaciers Jack Stauber 1
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jack stauberPart X Video Quiz 4 Yosemite Granite and Glaciers Jack Stauber 1
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jack stauberhat large overall igneous feature makes up the Sierra Nevada Mountains
in California?
Correct! Batholith
Joints
Plutons
glacial troughs
Phenocrysts
2 / 2 pts
Question 2
What are the large crystals visible in this figure and what do they indicate
about the rock they formed in
plutons; emplaced in crust as hot magma
joints; formed in rock long after cooling
diorite; cooled slowly below the surface
Correct! phenocrysts; precipitated out as magma cooled
granite; cooled slowly below the surface
2 / 2 pts
Question 3
How do sheet joints and exfoliation domes form in granite plutons?
Old rock is weathered by wind, water, and cracking.
Correct!
Confining pressure on the plutons is removed through erosion of
surrounding rock. Plutons then expand.
Water seeps into fractures and freezes, wedging pieces off.
Multimillion-ton glaciers pressed down on the rock, cracking them under
their weight
Compressive force from the collision of the North American and Farallon
plates creates stress fractures.
2 / 2 pts
Question 4
Why is the monolith El Capitan in Yosemite National Park more resistant
to erosion than other igneous plutons in the park?
El Capitan has a higher quartz content, making it tougher.
The Merced River flows closer to other monoliths in the park undermining
them
Correct! El Capitan is unfractured
The Sierra Nevada Mountains have a semi-arid environment, resulting in
little water for erosion
Rock falls and landslides affect other monoliths in the park weakening
them
2 / 2 pts
Question 5
Which of the following is evidence of glaciation in Yosemite National
Park?
roof pendants
V-shaped valleys
Correct! striations in granite
sheet fractures
phenocrysts in granite
